GaP template based semiconductor-metal nanocomposite

Abstract

The interest in nanometer-scale materials and devices stimulated the development of alternative technologies in recent years. Metal nanowires are one of the most attractive materials because of their unique properties suitable for a variety of applications in nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. In nanoelectronic devices nanowires are used as interconnects, magnetic devices, chemical and biological sensors. The optoelectronic applications of metallic nanowires is based on the extended dielectric/metal interface, that can sustain the propagation of electromagnetic waves which are coupled to collective oscillations of the conduction electrons in the metal, so called surface plasmon polaritons, allowing the manipulation and transmission of light on the nanoscale. Metal nanowires can be fabricated with various techniques. One of the most cost effective of them is the electrochemical metal deposition.